cohabitation

Percentage of young adults (ages 20-24) who say cohabitation is OK, even for couples not considering marriage:

Couples study debunks 'trial marriage' notion of cohabiting 2009

And it seems cohabitation is probably providing her with physical safety and probably also with some income safety as well.

Op-Ed: The Recession Isn't Hurting Marriage 2010

For Stanley, the "nature of commitment at the time of cohabitation is what's important."

Report: Cohabiting has little effect on marriage success 2010

Beyond economics, more cohabitation is because of couples who have children but don't get married, Kennedy said.

In economic downturn, an uptick in couples living together before marriage Jeremy Olson 2010

And in Europe, I think it's fair to say cohabitation is a competing institution to marriage.

Op-Ed: The Recession Isn't Hurting Marriage 2010

Paul Amato, a sociologist at Pennsylvania State University, says the new data suggest that maybe the effect of premarital cohabitation is becoming less of a problem than it was in the past.

Report: Cohabiting has little effect on marriage success 2010

"National surveys show many young people believe cohabitation is a good way to test a relationship," says co-researcher Galena Rhoades, also of the University of Denver.

Couples study debunks 'trial marriage' notion of cohabiting 2009

But cohabitation is providing her some safety there.

Op-Ed: The Recession Isn't Hurting Marriage 2010

Raley isn't convinced that cohabitation is being viewed as a marriage alternative, citing a 2001 study of her own.

More view cohabitation as acceptable choice 2008

If America becomes a place where our children are taken from us by law and forced to attend schools where they are taught that cohabitation is as good as marriage, that motherhood doesn't require a husband or father, and that homosexuality is as valid a choice as heterosexuality for their future lives, then why in the world should married people continue to accept the authority of such a government?

Not with a bang, but a flood of white noise. blu_muse 2008